If I understand this correctly, this is kind of a big deal:
Labour slumped to a record low in yesterday’s local council elections as it was swept from power in its last four counties.
The party faced losing more than 300 seats as its projected share of the vote plummeted to 23 per cent, leaving it trailing in third place in the last big test of public opinion before a General Election.
Gordon Brown admitted the party had suffered a ‘painful defeat’.
As I understand the term, ‘counties’ in the English part of the UK are somewhat more powerful than American counties, but not as powerful as American states: so this is only vaguely like the nearest American equivalent (one party losing control of all fifty state legislatures). Nonetheless, it’s an epic-level shellacking (when your candidates are being beaten by the guy from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party*, you’re in trouble) – and one that suggests that the EU Parliament election results are going to be down right fascinating…
Moe Lane
*Who didn’t win.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Dan McLaughlin
Moe Lane
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
The elections yesterday were a painful defeat for Labour
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 3:06PM EST (link)http://www.labour.org.uk/the_task_in_front_of_us_is_clear_gordon_brown
“As we have responded to the economic crisis by taking control of our banks, aggressively fighting repossessions and preventing higher unemployment, so too we are wrestling today with stabilising and supporting Britain’s car industry and building the foundations for Britain’s prosperity and we responded on the expenses crisis by taking steps to reform the system and of course we have a record that we are proud of in schools, in hospitals, in fighting crime. But the task in front of us is clear.
Hmmmmmmmmmm,
SOUND FAMILIAR????
Obama you are going down as well……
Just re-cycle this Brown speech as you have done with
so many others.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
izone, from reading this morning, it looks like the right
janis (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 4:11PM EST (link)is coming back in more than just Great Britain. Germany, Austria, Belgium–the conservatives are on the march and the lefties are on the run. Poor Zero, just as he gets into office, the only world leaders that will provide him cover are the likes of Chavez, Ahmedinjad, Castro & Co. It’s heartening to see that Europe still has some hope and also that there will be a counterbalance to Obama and the left.
I hope they give him screaming fits every week of his administration.
Pamela Geller has a good article on other conservative victories
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 4:59PM EST (link)http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/06/victory-in-any-language-is-still-as-sweet.html
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Misery loves company
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 9:20PM EST (link)I’m sure a great deal of the Continent will cheer the US on to mediocrity as they themselves make themselves more competitive.
There still is a sizable gap in the burden imposed by US versus European govts, but we know we’re fighting an increase in the US, and from what I’ve read, the Europeans seem to want to shrink their burden.
Maybe they sense an opportunity.
Not Quite
Gandalf (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 4:03PM EST (link)I’m not meaning to dampen this, but this isn’t quite as big as a 50 state sweep for the Tories. England is only one of four countries in the U nited Kingdom (granted, it is the biggest). How did Labour perform in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
The better comparrison would be if the Democrats got knocked out of State government across the South and the Midwest at the same time.
Christian Conservative First
Patriotic American Second
Dedicated Republican Third
Yes, the order is important.
At least it is a start in the RIGHT direction
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 5:01PM EST (link)n/t
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
No doubt (nt)
Gandalf (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 6:37PM EST (link)Christian Conservative First
Patriotic American Second
Dedicated Republican Third
Yes, the order is important.
Not rubbing salt in the wound
Joliphant (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 6:44PM EST (link)But we took shellackings in 2006, and 08 from our official monster loony party.
Kind of sad, Conservative parties are doing well in Canada and now doing better in England, even France has taken a turn to the droit. We on the other hand seem to get ever more mired in the insanity.
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
Hey! Where you been? [nt]
Martin Knight (Diary) Sunday, June 7th at 7:58PM EST (link)